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<journal-id>1683-9803</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Pediatría (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Pediatr. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1683-9803</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatría]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1683-98032022000100014</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31698/ped.49012022003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización clínica y laboratorial de la Apendicitis en la Edad Pediátrica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical and laboratory characterization of Appendicitis in the Pediatric Age Range]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Paredes Lascano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bravo Paredes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Tamayo Viera]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Toapanta Amán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maritza]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Toscano Ponce]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés]]></given-names>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Ambato  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Investigador Independiente  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>49</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>14</fpage>
<lpage>20</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1683-98032022000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1683-98032022000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1683-98032022000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La apendicitis aguda es una enfermedad inflamatoria infecciosa del apéndice cecal, constituye la causa más común de emergencia quirúrgica en pediatría. Las manifestaciones clínicas varían significativamente según la edad y sexo. La anamnesis y un examen físico minucioso pueden llegar a ser una herramienta primordial para el diagnóstico, así como también las pruebas complementarias, para evitar realizar una apendicetomía incidental.  Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas y laboratoriales en niños con apendicitis, para apoyar el diagnóstico y resolución oportuna.  Materiales y Métodos:  Estudio retrospectivo, descriptivo de corte transversal sobre los casos de apendicitis registrados en el Servicio de Pediatría del Hospital General IESS Ambato. No se realizó cálculo de tamaño de muestra, se realiza muestreo no probabilístico de casos consecutivos.  Resultados: Se pudo determinar que la temperatura mayor 37.5 °C, la taquicardia, el dolor abdominal difuso, el signo de Mc Burney, la leucocitosis con neutrofilia y un examen de orina normal presentan una asociación directa diagnóstica en los cuadros de apendicitis.  Conclusión: Se recomienda escalas de puntación clínica de apendicitis, para evitar mayor incidencia de apendicetomías incidentales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Acute appendicitis is an infectious inflammatory disease of the cecal appendix, it is the most common cause of surgical emergency in pediatrics. The clinical manifestations vary significantly according to age and sex. A thorough history and physical examination is an essential tool for diagnosis, as are complementary tests, to avoid performing an incidental appendectomy.  Objective:  To describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics in children with appendicitis, to improve timely diagnosis and treatment.  Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study on cases of appendicitis registered in the Pediatric Service of the General Hospital IESS Ambato. No sample size calculation was performed, non-probabilistic sampling of consecutive cases was performed.  Results: It was possible to determine that temperature greater than 37.5 °C, tachycardia, diffuse abdominal pain, Mc Burney's sign, leukocytosis with neutrophilia and a normal urine test have a direct diagnostic association with appendicitis.  Conclusion: Appendicitis clinical scoring scales are recommended to avoid a higher incidence of incidental appendectomies.]]></p></abstract>
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